An MRI revealed that Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has a season-ending ruptured right Achilles.

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    1 month ago

    My only regret is that insurance will pick up the tab and it’s not coming out of Haslem’s pocket.

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      How does that impact the cap? I thought I’d seen something about Rodgers going down last year not really hitting the cap because of insurance

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        I son’t think it affects the cap hit. I just wanted Haslem to have to foot the entire bill himself for this debacle.

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          From what I understand, the insurance is against the cap. Haslam does still have to pay Watson’s salary, but the team gets a cap credit next year for the amount they insured. I think how much Haslam pays for the insurance premium may go against the cap, but it’s hard to nail down solid info about this stuff.

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            If you tried viewing the Niners cap and the hit by player per year made no sense to me. No clue how it works

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              Yeah I’m pretty sure the cap is just fake and made up, a distraction they give us fans to puzzle over